Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a4ec118222b0788…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:23:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4794b2bacdc0d3cf90165391a5c2a98a SHA-1: bbdecdcd761404fe885e61cb39cfcecfe8176d26 SHA-256: 8a4ec118222b0788770ebdc555cd13cdbe603bd9e95c99549e8ecd3af234b1d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further suggests a lure to trick users into downloading a payload. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdcbef5af93---vozizaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/xuvatelotep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092699243ebe---pedopigusoruvefanoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinaktv.com/storage/ckfinder/files/12997378721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5eefe69b0c22ccaee79794435b7afb7/29329292012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608488e3caf09---pepipalepabakeguvawovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/rimeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/12345588941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/45377028810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kashima.cc/userfiles/file/bawogusagufur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leasingtowers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sitewiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/dasivovajeniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapelguild.com/images/usr/wuvomig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d791264edb---kenanuvekom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b06d81d08b1006521ad62f5461810841/12931085069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/punikufoxefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9f586b0ee19c7ea4a32d7fed56338c2/22587738471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamasataccessories.com/userfiles/files/sesuxagigodobanadep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1b2de5158---tozijefisez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/19493102364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30602d6ffb339146de0ba8b7ad5a4a84/90983806289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/53179801318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a56a19a2aa---jubonum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105221027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8d794840e8de4b5de9814fe97cfa569/32912020643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=landini+parts+manualPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cdc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDC0 18444 bytes
SHA-256: 53b32e57a4a10de00ebda4970f5833c484446c5e440c73d9d4ed8a7c83fd42b7
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000114f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114F6 10360 bytes
SHA-256: bad738ea9aedeae2e173a7eff4a73dfbd5dd3dbd35ceec94185f75f219d5723e